SENCo

Further information on the school’s SEND policies, including the school’s SEN Information report and SEND profile, can be found in the Key Info section of the website.

Dear Parents and Carers,

I would like to welcome you to our SENCo page, and I hope that you find the information we share here useful to your child, yourself and your family.

Firstly, to introduce myself and my role, my name is Sharon Medler and I am the SENCo for both Tunstead Primary School and St John’s Primary School, Hoveton. I was very pleased to take on the responsibility as the school’s SENCo as part of my role. I have completed the Level 7 National Award for SEN Co-ordination, along with a range of other courses to help best support pupils with additional needs.

In my role as SENCo, my main responsibility is to support pupils, parents, staff and external agencies in working collaboratively to help all children achieve to the best of their abilities. I really enjoy working openly and closely with families, even when this may require working through difficult topics and frank conversations. 

Resources will be added to this page for you to read throughout the year; this will include links to external agencies.  Please follow the padlet link below for more information:

padlet.com/send-supports-for-families

Should you ever have any questions, concerns or thoughts on anything to do with your child’s needs or SEN provision, then please contact me via the school office or on email at: senco@greenshoots.norfolk.sch.uk

Kind Regards,
Sharon Medler

Norfolk-Healthy-Child-Programme

Dyslexia/Cognitive Difficulties

The Dyslexia Outreach Team has provided some valuable resources to support children with literacy and maths difficulties.

Please use the link: https://www.dyslexiaoutreach.co.uk/resources/strategies-for-parents/ for support ideas.

The attached word documents I feel are particularly helpful.

Further Links

General Information

Norfolk Local Offer – information about SEND in Norfolk

www.norfolkparentpartnership.org.uk – Information to support parents locally

www.familyvoice.org.uk – Information to support parents locally

Other Organisations

www.autismeye.com

www.asthma.org.uk – Information about Asthma

www.autism-anglia.org.uk – Information about Autism (this includes information about ADHD)

www.diabetes.org.uk – Information about Diabetes

www.bdadyslexia.org.uk – Information about Dyslexia

www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk about-dyspraxia – Information about Dyspraxia

www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx – Information and support around wellbeing

www.norwichmind.org.uk – Mental Health Information

www.sleepcouncil.org.uk – Children’s sleep

www.4dyslexics.com – Local, private assessment for dyslexia and dyspraxia